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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @dafyre
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      @dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

      This is interesting.
      https://newrepublic.com/article/150506/universal-basic-income-future-of-pointless-work

      And they make some good points, I think.

      When I worked as a Burger King manager, I was able to show that a crew of three (plus the manager) was able to run the store, full time, better than any larger number. We made maximum profits, and performed at peak, at that crew size. The crew of 20+ that they maintained was all for show, all because some rulebook said to have lots of people. 17+ of those people only served to drive away the good workers, destroy profits, get in the way and make food take longer and be of lower quality. The financial damage that 17 people did was incredible, the company could still profit, but a fraction of what it should have as it lost customers, lost money in food waste, and paid wages at least quadruple what they should have been.

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      • momurdaM
        momurda
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        Yea i dont disagree, and think it is going to happen sooner than what others think, except in US which will likely be the last country on earth to do UBI.

        How many of you work in a place where there are 'useless jobs' being done that could either be easily automated, or employees that have 'too much time'?

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        • dafyreD
          dafyre @momurda
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          @momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

          Yea i dont disagree, and think it is going to happen sooner than what others think, except in US which will likely be the last country on earth to do UBI.

          How many of you work in a place where there are 'useless jobs' being done that could either be easily automated, or employees that have 'too much time'?

          Some days I feel like one of those employees that has too much time.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @momurda
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            @momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

            How many of you work in a place where there are 'useless jobs' being done that could either be easily automated, or employees that have 'too much time'?

            We were, but we got to clean those up a few months ago. But as an MSP, we have to supply positions like that to customers. So they aren't useless to us, but are to the customer. Positions that exist only to babysit customer needs.

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            • momurdaM
              momurda
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              You mean you have employees who only work with 1 customer, like always on call every day for just that one customer?

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @momurda
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                @momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

                You mean you have employees who only work with 1 customer, like always on call every day for just that one customer?

                No, employees who exists only to talk to the customer so that the customer doesn't interrupt the techs. Just there to keep customers with too much spare time themselves from using the techs as someone to chat with all day.

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                • mlnewsM
                  mlnews
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                  The New Yorker on the situation in Nicaragua.

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                  • ObsolesceO
                    Obsolesce
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                    Google just bought your banking data

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Obsolesce
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                      @obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      Google just bought your banking data

                      Best way to combat this... pay attention to ads and do NO business with anyone advertising with platforms like this. If someone advertises to you, avoid them.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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                        When the news.... makes the news...

                        US news anchor's skull fractured in fracas with colleague - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45371607

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                        • ObsolesceO
                          Obsolesce
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                          Incredible
                          https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinandrews/2018/08/31/this-is-why-mars-will-always-have-the-solar-systems-largest-volcano/#1def5f897960

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                          • black3dynamiteB
                            black3dynamite
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                            https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-fire-museum/rios-200-year-old-national-museum-hit-by-massive-fire-idUSKCN1LJ00L

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
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                              @black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-fire-museum/rios-200-year-old-national-museum-hit-by-massive-fire-idUSKCN1LJ00L

                              Saw that a bit ago. So horrible.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
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                                Rethinking City Streets

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                                • ObsolesceO
                                  Obsolesce @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                  Rethinking City Streets

                                  Looks like streets in Sweden I've seen

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @Obsolesce
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                                    @obsolesce yeah, lots of Europe looks kind of liket his. It was Madrid that I thought of.

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                                    • momurdaM
                                      momurda
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                                      Bob Woodward has a new book being released next week
                                      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bob-woodwards-trump-book-author-details-aides-worries-about-trump/ar-BBMS253?ocid=spartanntp
                                      Wow.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
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                                        Unlocked, continue with the news.

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                                        • black3dynamiteB
                                          black3dynamite
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                                          Superman Is Now the Witcher, Henry Cavill Cast as Geralt in Netflix Series
                                          https://www.geek.com/television/superman-is-now-the-witcher-henry-cavill-cast-as-geralt-in-netflix-series-1751230/

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                                          • travisdh1T
                                            travisdh1 @black3dynamite
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                                            @black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            Superman Is Now the Witcher, Henry Cavill Cast as Geralt in Netflix Series
                                            https://www.geek.com/television/superman-is-now-the-witcher-henry-cavill-cast-as-geralt-in-netflix-series-1751230/

                                            This isn't going to follow the over sexed, middle age looking, blood'n'guts trend that's been happening recently at all....

                                            That said, that one's more interesting to me than most. Are they basing it off of any particular game in the series?

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